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Tiffany
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The Comics
Courier's Journey

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Panel:
Jonathan
Hickman on
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Did 2020 break the Direct Market sales charts?

Last year had a lot of costs, but a quiet one was its impact on sales charts. It's time to break that down.

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How Do You Solve a Problem Like Franklin Richards?

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Comics’ Hottest Game is…Back Issues?

This trend has everything: speculators, cross-era interest, nostalgia, 90s hits being reinvigorated, big money headed everywhere…

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Is This Your King?: An Investigation into Knull, the King in Black

The King in Black is coming, so let's figure him out by answering ten key questions.

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The Collecting Conundrum

The best way to succeed in the direct market isn’t by finding new readers; it’s by selling more to existing ones. That feels like a problem.

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Five Things I’d Like to See More of in the Comics Marketing Space

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Comics Marketing is Dead. Long Live Comics Marketing.

On marketing in the direct market, and why it might be time to rethink how it’s being done.

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What We Mean When We Talk About Comics Marketing

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The Devils You Don't

Lunar and UCS are DC's single issue distributors of choice now. How's that working out?

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"This was a Wake-up Call": Creators on How 2020 Has Shifted Their Approach to Comics

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